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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	Iceland	Hong Kong SAR China	Denmark
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	6,587	5,322
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	6,646	5,339
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	6,695	5,358
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	6,725	5,377
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	6,712	5,391
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	6,765	5,404
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	6,794	5,420
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	6,838	5,438
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	6,897	5,461
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	6,938	5,494
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	6,953	5,524
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	7,004	5,548
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	7,052	5,571
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	7,130	5,592
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	7,159	5,614
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	7,209	5,644
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	7,271	5,683
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	7,316	5,730
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	7,372	5,766
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	7,432	5,795
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	7,487	5,818
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	7,460	5,831
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	7,392	5,855
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	7,387	5,907

Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.

All data sources

Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

No separate list is published for Barbados, Hong Kong SAR China, Denmark; the database as a whole is cited above.